Létë/Declension Paradigms

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Irregular declensions (or special), are underlined. Often nouns ending in a consonant, and are without a stem form, will contract the case suffix, or insert an -e- between the singular suffix and the noun, an -i- between the plural suffix and the noun, and a -u- for u-duals.

Those nouns that have a t or d in the word retain the suffix's original form, and precede it with a -u-. For example:

These nouns use -i in all cases instead of -ë except nominative singular and nominative plural, where they end in -ië. This is due to the fact that as the language evolved, its phonology developed so that no word could end on an -i. However, there are exceptions, as outlined below.

These are few and far between. Most pertain to the sky, or feminine things. These are anomalies in the language as usually it is illegal to end in an -i, surviving relics of a somewhat earlier language.

Note that nouns such as these that end in -co or -go change to -qu and -gw respectively in certain plural cases. This happens for: nominative plural, with the ending -ië rather than the normal -n; genitive plural, with the ending -irin; essive plural, with the ending -ita; instrumental plural, with the ending -iva; comitative plural, with the ending -ion; and abessive plural, with the ending -irë. Here is a table with oco "beast" to help clarify:

Nouns in this category decline regularly as per the phonology. Note that monosyllabic words which end with a consonant retain the long vowel if they have one.

We use fé "the eye"

Singular

Plural

Dual

Nominative

fé

fén

feu

Genitive

fér

férin

fent

Dative

fenna

fennar

fenta

Locative

fello

fellon

felto

Ablative

femmë

femmer

femme

Allative

fessë

fessen

fetsë

Instrumental

féva

févan

feuva

Comitative

fëo

fëon

fëot

Note that body parts that come in natural pairs, among other words, are an exceptional to the rule that no word may end on a diphthong, when it come to nominative dual case. Hence feu is allowed, and would mean "eyes". Plural would mean many "eyes".